Populous
Shape the land and lead your followers in Bullfrog's original two-world Macintosh demo.
Bullfrog Productions, 1993
Shape a world
In Populous, the shape of the land decides where your followers can settle. Flatten ground to help them build, expand their population, and gather the power to reshape the world against a rival deity. The isometric map mixes a close-up view with an overview and controls for terrain, units, and disasters.
The Macintosh demo
This is the original two-world Macintosh demonstration, not the complete commercial release. Its bundled readme says the demo offers conquest mode but not the full game's custom mode. Electronic Arts continues to sell the full game; it is not hosted here.
License
Licensing information recorded for this game archive. These terms are separate from the Systemless runtime and website licenses.
Game archive
- License
- No license recorded
- Rights holder
- Electronic Arts
- Redistribution
- Recorded as permitted
Permission
This is the unchanged publisher-branded promotional demo, not the retail game. Its bundled 1993 readme distinguishes the demo's two worlds and conquest-only play from the full version and directs readers to Electronic Arts for further information. It contains no express redistribution clause; the basis for hosting is the original public demo distribution, not a grant for the full game.
Notes
Original 530,490-byte StuffIt archive, SHA-256 845e53d0b506d0c2c930277ab5095bfd78ec72bc5a7ab9ddb5d330a10653d399. Its MD5, 7d75b5095cc08b8ee81146db9f60c080, matches Macintosh Garden's PopulousDemo.sit listing. Electronic Arts still sells Populous; no retail files are included.
Sources
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